The WTO and Food Security - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The WTO and Food Security write by Sachin Kumar Sharma. This book was released on 2016-09-28. The WTO and Food Security available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines the public stockholding policies of selected developing countries from the perspective of WTO rules and assesses whether the provisions of the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) could hamper these countries’ efforts to address the challenges of food security. Further, it highlights the need to amend the provisions of the AoA to make WTO rules just and fair for the millions of people suffering from hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. This book highlights that 12 countries namely China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Zambia and Zimbabwe are facing or will face problems in implementing the food security policies due to the provisions under AoA. These provisions need to be amended for permitting developing countries to address hunger and undernourishment. Progress in WTO negotiations on public stockholding for food security purposes are also discussed and analysed. The findings of this study greatly benefit trade negotiators, policymakers, civil society, farmers groups, researchers, students and academics interested in issues related to the WTO, agriculture and food security.
Trade, Food Security, and Human Rights
Trade, Food Security, and Human Rights - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Trade, Food Security, and Human Rights write by Ying Chen. This book was released on 2016-02-24. Trade, Food Security, and Human Rights available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Most scholars attribute systemic causes of food insecurity to poverty, human overpopulation, lack of farmland, and expansion of biofuel programs. However, as Chen argues here, another significant factor has been overlooked. The current food insecurity is not absolute food shortage, since global food production still exceeds the need of the entire world population, but a problem of how to secure access to resources. Distorted agricultural trade undermines world food distribution, and uneven distribution impedes people’s access to food, particularly in poor developing countries. Examining EU and US agricultural policies and World Trade Organization negotiations in agriculture, the author argues how they affect the international agricultural trade, claiming that current food insecurity is the result of inequitable food distribution and trade practices. The international trade regime is advised to reconcile trade rules with the consideration of food security issues. Several other enforceable solutions to reduce world hunger and malnutrition are also advanced, including national capacity building, the improvement of governance, and strategic development of biofuel programs. This book will be of great interest to agricultural trade professionals and consultant policy makers in the EU, US and developing countries. Students and researchers with a concentration on international trade, agriculture economics, global governance and international law will benefit greatly from this study.
The Right to Food and the World Trade Organization's Rules on Agriculture
The Right to Food and the World Trade Organization's Rules on Agriculture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Right to Food and the World Trade Organization's Rules on Agriculture write by Rhonda Ferguson. This book was released on 2018-01-03. The Right to Food and the World Trade Organization's Rules on Agriculture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In The Right to Food and the World Trade Organization’s Rules on Agriculture: Conflicting, Compatible, or Complementary?, Rhonda Ferguson explores the relationship between the human right to food and agricultural trade rules. She questions whether States can adhere to their obligations under both regimes simultaneously. These two regimes are frequently portrayed to be in tension with one another. The content and contours of the right to food under international human rights law and WTO rules on domestic supports, export subsidies, and market access are considered through the lens of norm conflict theories. The analysis is situated within the context of the debate surrounding the fragmentation of international law.
Agricultural Trade, Policy Reforms, and Global Food Security
Agricultural Trade, Policy Reforms, and Global Food Security - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Agricultural Trade, Policy Reforms, and Global Food Security write by Kym Anderson. This book was released on 2016-11-25. Agricultural Trade, Policy Reforms, and Global Food Security available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores the potential for policy reform as a short-term, low-cost way to sustainably enhance global food security. It argues that reforming policies that distort food prices and trade will promote the openness needed to maximize global food availability and reduce fluctuations in international food prices. Beginning with an examination of historical trends in markets and policies, Anderson assesses the prospects for further reforms, and projects how they may develop over the next fifteen years. He pays particular attention to domestic policy changes made possible by the information technology revolution, which will complement global change to deal directly with farmer and consumer concerns.
Food Crises and the WTO
Food Crises and the WTO - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Food Crises and the WTO write by Baris Karapinar. This book was released on 2010-04-08. Food Crises and the WTO available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The food and financial crises of 2008 and 2009 have pushed millions more people into poverty and hunger, while changing the parameters of international trade. Both crises have also challenged the fundamentals of WTO rules regulating agriculture, which had been designed to combat trade distortions due to artificially low-priced food commodities. This collection of essays examines to what extent the multilateral trading system contributes to food security in today's volatile markets. Bringing together a renowned group of expert economists, lawyers, environmental and development specialists, it offers a fresh and multi-dimensional perspective combining a strong economic analysis with a comprehensive legal assessment of the interface between food security and international trade regulation. Together, the contributions provide concrete policy recommendations on how the WTO could play a positive role in preventing or mitigating future food crises and promote global food security.
